BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to report the efficacy of azithromycin 1.5% eye drops in children with ocular rosacea and phlyctenular blepharokeratoconjunctivitis. This retrospective study from January 2009 to March 2010 included 16 children treated with lid hygiene plus azithromycin 1.5% eye drops (Azyter®): 3-day treatments (1 drop twice a day) every 10 days, reduced based on efficac...

Various surgical techniques have been proposed for treating distichiasis in dogs. A technique involving eyelid splitting and double freeze-thaw cryotherapy with anterior lamellar recession was evaluated. A 3 year old, female, Staffordshire bull terrier was referred for bilateral distichiasis. There were bilateral multiple distichiasis of the upper lids, more severe on the right lid with double ...

Fluctuating double vision and ptosis are the hallmarks of extraocular muscle weakness in myasthenia gravis (MG). On sustained upward gaze, ptosis usually increases temporarily. The first description of using this fatigue sign has been attributed to the Scottish neurologist John Simpson. Cogan added his lidtwitch sign to the diagnostic bedside armamentarium.1 For many years, we have applied a fa...

Trachomatous Entropion with Trichiasis The procedure presented by Stallard (1958) as "tarsal paring and eversion" has, in my experience, been most satisfactory and I believe that it is the best technique to be adopted in any area of the world where the incidence of trachomatous entropion is still high. In the course of 559 operations of "tarsal paring and eversion" which I have performed in Add...

An 88-year-old man of Ukrainian descent complained of decreasing vision of 20 years' duration. Vision had painlessly and progressively decreased in the right eye until 8 years before admission, when he had been struck in the right eye with a tree branch and sustained a laceration of the upper lid. Subsequently, there was further decrease in vision of the right eye. One week before admission, re...

Purpose. Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) can lead to abnormalities in the composition and function of tear film, resulting in dry eye. Eyelid hygiene is a key to management of MGD. We tested a novel eyelid shampoo (Eye Shampoo Long, ESL) for its ability to maintain lid hygiene. This shampoo is nonirritating and can potentially lengthen eyelashes. This study was aimed to evaluate the efficacy ...

Globe luxation is a painful and potentially vision-threatening condition in which the globe becomes trapped behind the eyelids requiring physician intervention in the emergency department or eye clinic. On presentation, the patient typically complains of an inability to close their eye, severe foreign body sensation, decreased vision, and significant eye pain. Although most visual symptoms are ...

Administration of topical rebamipide increases the mucin level of tear film and improves the ocular surface in short break-up time type of dry eye. Lid wiper epitheliopathy (LWE) is a disorder of the marginal conjunctiva of the upper eyelid with dry eye symptoms. LWE may be related to mechanical forces during blinking resulting in inflammation of the ocular surface. Rebamipide also has various ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to investigate the occurrence and duration of extended blinks ≥ 70 msec and their associated interblink intervals in normal subjects and in subjects with mild to moderate dry eye. METHODS This single-center, prospective, double-blind study included 11 subjects with dry eye and eight subjects with normal eyes. Extended blinks were defined as lid closure...

Reactivation of herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) can present as corneal involvement without any precedent neuralgia or characteristic herpetic rash. This form HZO be the first manifestation reactivation varicella virus and masquerade peripheral ulcerative keratitis. A 45-year-old male treated for necrotizing fasciitis (NF) one month back presented with painful diminution vision in right eye (RE...